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Wed
07
Sep

-- Letters to the Editor --

Mansfield Youth Sports Seeks Sponsors Dear Editor: The time frame for the beginning of the 2016 YMCA Youth Football Season is closing in and our community team is looking for sponsors. It has been proven time and time again that participation in youth sports is the best way to develop a kid’s self discipline, keep them out of trouble, teach values like accountability and teamwork, creates a respect factor as well as instills loyalty for their community.
 
Wed
07
Sep

Funding Choice is a Matter of Choice

By Stephen Waguespack

 

For the first six months of the year, a constant barrage of state budgetary doom and gloom littered news reports and incessantly occupied the airspace. This political messaging machine was revved up and driven hard to stress the need for taxpayers to pony up much more money for the government to solve state spending problems – despite the increasingly worsening economic conditions encountered by our residents. As the story went, there was simply no other choice, and failure to pay would lead to a chaotic world filled with a litany of unacceptable consequences, such as canceled football seasons and shuttered hospitals and universities.

Wed
31
Aug

A Good Reminder

By Stephen Waguespack

Why again do we live here? Summers in Louisiana can be brutal, with oppressive heat and swarms of mosquitoes an annual tradition. Our coastline is eroding, our topography is flat and many of our communities are threatened by water. We have a history of political corruption and low-performing schools, both which are slowly starting to improve after decades of poor outcomes. Our tax code is a mess, and our public infrastructure needs updating.

Wed
24
Aug

Did you know?

By: Raymond Powell 
 
There aren’t many United States Presidents that I care to write about that have served in recent years. “Ole Give ‘Em Hell Harry” as Harry Truman was known, probably fits in that category; but somehow he should be remembered for a number of reasons. Born in Lamar, Mo. on May 10, 1884 the son of a farmer and who had never gone to college. Truman’s meandering career included work on a farm, railroad timekeeper, World War I Artillery Captain, and a clothing storeowner. Actual .
 
Wed
17
Aug

Letters to the Editor

Dear Editor, All Area Pastors and Clergy: We, the members of the Advisory Team for "Gamechanger: The Kenneth Harvey Story" LLC, are asking for your consideration in the making of a Christian Documentary about the life of a local sports hero, Kenneth Harvey, who was profoundly injured in a 1964, Logansport High School football game. The Advisory Team feels that Kenneth's life story is a powerful witness to the love of Jesus Christ and to those who hear Kenneth's story.
 
Wed
17
Aug

DIGGIN’ IN DESOTO

By John Blanchard

 

Wed
10
Aug

Letters to the Editor

State Treasurer Proclaims “We Still Have A Spending Problem” Dear Editor: Louisiana just became a more expensive place to live, work, play, raise a family and own a business. As we all know, legislators watched winter turn into spring and then spring turn into summer at the State Capitol this year. They spent 19 weeks in legislative session.
 
Wed
10
Aug

Funding Choice is a Matter of Choice

By Stephen Waguespack

 

For the first six months of the year, a constant barrage of state budgetary doom and gloom littered news reports and incessantly occupied the airspace. This political messaging machine was revved up and driven hard to stress the need for taxpayers to pony up much more money for the government to solve state spending problems – despite the increasingly worsening economic conditions encountered by our residents.

Wed
03
Aug

Made in Louisiana

by Stephen Waguespack 

Guest Column by Camille Conaway LABI Vice President for Policy and Research So I’m a Dow baby. That’s right. Like so many in Louisiana, my dad spent three decades “at the plant,” joining the multinational manufacturer fresh out of Glen Oaks High School and with the help of a vocational training course on Florida Boulevard. The Dow Chemical Company provided a sustainable wage, quality healthcare, and stability to our family of five, helping to lay the foundation that would eventually allow me to become the first person in our family to obtain a university degree.

Wed
27
Jul

Prevention, Lane Graves, Disney World, America and Alligators

By Glenn Mollette

No one ever went to Disney World expecting to be attacked by an alligator. Little 2-year-old Lane Graves lost his life to an alligator last week while his family vacationed at Disney's Grand Floridian. We cannot imagine the emotional horror of the Graves family losing their son while simply wading in shallow water at the small beach adjacent to the hotel.
 

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